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Appraisal of Urban Trees Using Twelve Valuation Formulas and Two Appraiser Groups

Mauricio Ponce-Donoso, Óscar Vallejos-Barra and Francisco J. Escobedo
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) March 2017, 43 (2) 72-82; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2017.007
Mauricio Ponce-Donoso
Mauricio Ponce-Donoso (corresponding author), Faculty of Forest Science, Universidad de Talca, Avenida Lircay s/n, Casilla 747, Talca, Chile,
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Óscar Vallejos-Barra
Óscar Vallejos-Barra, Faculty of Forest Science, Universidad de Talca, Avenida Lircay s/n, Casilla 747, Talca, Chile
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Francisco J. Escobedo
Francisco J. Escobedo, Functional and Ecosystem Ecology Unit, Universidad del Rosario, Km 26 N° 63B-48, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
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Mauricio Ponce-Donoso, Óscar Vallejos-Barra, Francisco J. Escobedo
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